APSA Challenge 2018: Technologies and Innovations for Sustainable Development in Africa

Applications are now invited for the APSA Challenge 2018 to promote research, innovations in science and technology (S&T), and entrepreneurship for sustainable development in Africa. The competition is organized by the Association for the Promotion of Science in Africa (APSA).

The candidates will submit a project or a Prototype describing the characteristics of an innovative device they wish to propose as part of the Challenge. By device, it should be understood any technology providing a solution for sustainable development and environmental problems and that can be declined in the form of Clean Energy Production, Up/Down/Re-Cycling, Water Treatment, etc.

Objectives

The objectives of APSA are :

Work for scientific training and support emerging researcher teams in Africa

Assist in the development of high-level scientific research

Influence the international scientific community to act in these directions

Foster collaborations between African and European scientists, and between African scientist themselves

Help research Professors from African universities who have set up, under difficult conditions, higher education attracting a growing mass of young people

To develop a true shared scientific culture to enable Africa to solve its own problems using the most effective tools, those of the most advanced science

Assist African organizations to develop research and pedagogical tools in experimental sciences

Promote entrepreneurship and the creation of start-ups impacting Science and Technologies

Awards

1st Prize: 2500 euros and a 1-month research stay of a maximal cost of 3000 euros in a High-Tech lab.

2nd Prize: 1500 euros and a 1-month research stay of a maximal cost of 3000 euros in a High-Tech lab.

3rd Prize: 1000 euros.

Eligibility Criteria

The Challenge is open to any person, group of people (maximum 5 people) with African citizenship and residing in Africa.

People under or around the age of 18 must refer to the contest rules in Registration page.

The competition is open to all levels, beginners to experts developing devices for sustainable development.